diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index cbd40ea5307c199ea76af0b790f8ffe95462ccb5..47198814b611a6097bf32894862da40bfbcbba07 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -8273,7 +8273,7 @@ qemuBuildShmemDevStr(virDomainDefPtr def,
     return NULL;
 }
 
-char *
+static char *
 qemuBuildShmemBackendStr(virLogManagerPtr logManager,
                          virCommandPtr cmd,
                          virDomainDefPtr def,
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
index f0ffe21de589bc95f038b95ff5d9fed092a6a912..9ff4edbdcfc8cdf867da02ebab61848edf02438d 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.h
@@ -142,12 +142,6 @@ int qemuBuildRNGBackendProps(virDomainRNGDefPtr rng,
 char *qemuBuildShmemDevStr(virDomainDefPtr def,
                            virDomainShmemDefPtr shmem,
                            virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
-char *qemuBuildShmemBackendStr(virLogManagerPtr logManager,
-                               virCommandPtr cmd,
-                               virDomainDefPtr def,
-                               virDomainShmemDefPtr shmem,
-                               virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps);
-
 
 int qemuOpenPCIConfig(virDomainHostdevDefPtr dev);